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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 E·meu, or E·mew, n. Zoöl. See Emu.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 E·mu n.  Zoöl. A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novæ-Hollandiæ and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. [Written also emeu and emew.]
 Note:The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich.
 Emu wren. See in the Vocabulary.